Egg-opener.



A. E. MARSH;

EGG OPENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 11, 1912.

Lwasw, Patented Au 19, 1913.

C5 Sum/whoa wi/tmeooeo the parts ARTHUR E. MEESH, OF ELEEN, ILLINGIS.

sec-erases.

Application filed may 11, 1912'. Serial T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ARTHUR E. Maren, a citizen of the United States, gin, in the county of Kane and State of illinpis, have invented new and useful Improvements in Egg- Openers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for opening eggs, theobject in view being to provide a simplevand eifectivc device by means of which boiling hot eggs, when first removed from the water, may be easily broken or divided into sections, thereof to be readily removed, withoutat anytime touching the fingers to the eggs.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the class described which will support the sections of the egg in convenient position for access to the contents thereof, after the cutting or breaking operation has been performed.

\Vith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device, showing the parts thereof in position to receive the egg, and also illustrating the method of picking up the. egg. Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the position assume after the egg has been grasped and is. ready for the insertion of the cutting teeth, preparatory to breaking the egg in half. Fig. 3 is a similar view, showing the osition of the parts are made to assume af ter the egg has been divided, and the sections thereof are ready to have their contents-removed. Fig. 4 is a detail plan view, showing the cutting teeth and the levers by which they are carried. Fig. 5 is a cross section taken on the line ,55 of Fig. 2.

The egg opener contemplated in this invention comprises two main frame members 1 and 2, each embodying a main handle portion 3, and a fork extending substantially at right angles to the inner end thereof, and comprising the oppositely located and spaced branches 4:, .which are terminally p1voted together, as shown at 5, that is to say, the branches 4 at one side are pivoted togather, and the branches at the opposite residing at El- 4 enabling the contents" Specification or Letters ZPatent.

l aforesaid branches,

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side tend inwardly, are pivotally connected independently ofthe overlanmng the pro3ectiens Fatented Au g. $531913. 1%. $96,761,

thus leaving a spare between the extremities of the forks for the passage of the egg, while it is being clasped by the egg holding members, hereinafter described.

in connection with the two main frame members of the device hereinabove described, I employ a pair of oppositely ranged egg holding members (5' which are of cup form being given the approximate shape of the two end portions of an egg, and said members are connected to the forked arms 41, between which they convenientmanner.

Each of the egg holding members 6 is composed of light flexible material, such as sheet metal, and corresponds in its general shape to half of an average sized egg. Each egg holding member comprises a substantially cylindricalbody portion '3 which is split or divided, as shown in Fig. 5, and provided at diametrically opposite points with outwardiy extending lugs 8 which are received in slots 9 in the fork arms 4, above described, thus enabling each of the egg holding members to be detached from the frame of the device when required for cleaning. Each of the egg holding members is further provided at 1ts outer side with outwardly extending spring tongues 10 and '11 adapted to embrace the adjacent end of the egg, when applied thereto in the manner illustrated in Fig. 1, so that the egg is picked up by the two egg holding members, and the device is then inverted from the position shown in Fig. 1 to the position shown in Fig. 2.

. It will be noted that the pivots 5 are arranged below the plane of the egg holding members 6,,so that when the handles 3 are swung toward each other, as shown in Fig. 3, the inner ends of the egg holding members 6 will be moved apart, thereby allowing the opened ends of the egg sections to be exposed, so as to be easily accessible. to a spoon or knife for removing the contents of the shells.

In order to puncture and break the shell of the egg, centrally thereof, I provide a air of cutter, levers 12 which pass through the handles 3 thereto at 13. Attheir inner ends, these levers are provided with interfitt-ing projections 1 from which pointed teeth 15 exand it will be noted that by 14. in the manare held in any and are pivotally connected ewes neishown in the penned teeth 15 are i to sink the cutters inlte ihe center of the ln'u g'lit substantially 111k) zilmement min I Alter this 1s accomplished, the two l6.'01fs 3 each. oiher. 'lheee teeth pass downward hvtween the adjacent edges of the egg holding" members *3 and puncture che shell, centrally, so that when the levers er handles 3 are rocked fl-win the position sl'imvn in F 2 it) the. poeillimi shown .in- Fig. 3, the is broken in half, the teeth 15 materially es,- Slw'i'lllg in this operation, and rendering it unzleceesm'y' in touch the will) the fin.- llHl'HllGS 3 are in line Wllijil each other, as shown in Fig. 2, a space is left between she inner ends; of he holding members 6 to admit 91 the win-hing e'fihe cut-ting levers Each of the main i l-nine n'iemhers l and 2 is lxfemhl made 0f sheet n'leial, bent into line fulfill shown; '0 comprise the two equal side n'iemveins am} the connecting Web.

l n using; the device, the same is held in the posii'iQn shown in Fig. 1, directly ever i e egg lying on the table or upon a plate, and the egg lwlding members 6 are then pressed downward over the egg, until the egg is firmly clasped thereby. Befme lifting the and the implement, the egg is centrally punctured and out by pressing upward on the cutting levers 12, which serves it will further." be noted i ha'i when the I i i I I J I j i i i are rocked from the position shown in F ig. 2 t0 the position shown in Fig. 3, and the open encis 01 the two half seutinns of the egg are then exposed, that file cmiieni's of the shells may he removed with ease. The empty shells are easily disphu'ed by moving the cutters 15 unit of engiu ement with the shells and shaking (he latter out 01? place.

iv'lmt claimed is:

An egg opener,,cuniprising pivotelly eunnecte l frame members, each emhocl 'ying a handle, and a fork extending; subetzmtinilv at u ri ht :zan ie to the handle the forks be m 2-;

mg pivotaliv cnnnectecl together at their extremities, oppositely ar zuigecl. eoznpiemental egg holding members (*arried by the forks and llll'llllli'ed therein, and shell puncturing means pivotnlly connected to the frame members and provided with teeth for punciuring the shell between the egg huld ing: members.

In lestinmny whereof I ailir; presence of two witnesses.

ARTE UR IiL-KRSH.

my signature in Witnesses JOHN M. Wmmen,

Venn D. HILL.

this may be obtained for five cents each, by

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Washington, D. 6. W 

